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Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism

Green party votes to adopt policy that equates Zionism with racism

The Greens have formally adopted a policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state, a move opposed by the bulk of the party’s MPs and which is expected to face legal challenge.

The motion argues that Zionism is necessarily racist as it “privileges one ethnic group on the basis of the subjugation of others”.

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Same as the last but more desperate Motion calling for single Palestinian state, which is opposed by most Green MPs and expected to be challenged, passes by 1,022 votes to 813 The Greens have formally adopted a policy that equates Zionism with racism and calls for Israel to be replaced by a single Palestinian state, a move opposed by the bulk of the party’s MPs and which is expected to face legal challenge.

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